Word: basically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very consequential portion of their industry, definitely announced a price raise, effective Jan. 1, from $55 to $60. The next U. S. move was a meeting of the representatives of more than 300 U. S. and Canadian newspapers called early last week in Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania. Three basic suggestions emerged. The most direct was that legal action be used against the Canadian pulpsters...
...square and one on an octagonal plan, which are perfectly harmonious and balance one another," he said. The prevalence of adverse criticism of Dunster House tower among undergraduates was not considered justified by Mr. Aldrich. "The tower of Christ Church College at Oxford of course furnished the basic design for the plan, but that does not seem to me to be basis for adverse criticism. The use of an octangular tower crowned with a dome is one of the main features of a great deal of architecture, even as early as the seventeenth century," was his comment...
...pince-nez attached obscurely to his clothing by a neat black ribbon. Present were Ely Cuthbertson and his wife, Josephine, famed as the most dangerous married couple in bridge. All felt that the occasion was significant for something beside the trophy at stake. It was a contest between two basic theories of contract bridge. In recent months the "Vanderbilt convention" (TIME, Sept. 30) -a bid of one club to oblige Partner to declare strength or weakness-has been losing caste. Replacing it has emerged a new convention, a "forcing" system in which the initial bidder, wanting stronger indication...
...well-directed and intelligently acted talking picture is on view at the Metropolitan this week. It has a fairly sound plot and has several new ideas in the way of sound recording. There are no basic faults in "Evidence...
...door of the secondary schools. In preparing men for these examinations they focus their attention on the final test rather than on an actual foundation in the fundamentals of English. The most plausible solution that presents itself seems to be in offering an examination in the more basic aspects of the subject, thus demanding that the preparatory schools focus their attention on providing a substantial background; and leaving to the college the problem of providing the more advanced work. As it is at present, the preparation for the college entrance tests provides too many men with a superficial knowledge...